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Uf it Three Cents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. VOL XII. COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1906. NO. 7. 0 111 II n SubSCriDtlOn PriCC SI.OO Pnr Ynnr in Arfinn - t - - - - m mrmmm mum WIVW 1 . ; ; 1 fill II l loots Down Her Would-Be ssailant and Resumes Work SELMA TELEPHONE OPERATOR iss Pearl Jones, Night Telephone Operator, With Rare Coolness, Puts Fatal Bullet Into Negro Who Pre meditated an Assault Upon Her Negro, Trapped, Confesses His In- tended . Crime His Accomplice Landed in Jail Admiring Citizens I to Present Brave Girl With Gold- Mounted Revolver and Medal. 1 - Sclma, N. C. Special. Saturday felit about lirdU o'clock Miss rearl I , . , . .. fciuos. me teiepnone operator at this i are. shot and fatally wounded Bud iHianlson, a negro, who, by his own mtVssion, had premeditated an as- pi ii It upon ner. . 1 lie telephone oince is located in narrow room between a large store (1 the bank fronting on Main street. i the rear of the office, enclosed by high board wall, is a small back lot nvate to the operators. Tins lot entered through a screen door in e roar of the office and there is a door through the wall in the at-of the lot which is kept fastened a hook on the inside. About two hi'ks ago a negro'was caught climb- feiir over this high wall and scared way -by one of the operators. Three mlits aiterwards, as one of the ming ladies stepped into the back jot 1'rom the office, she was confront- il by a negro man. This time there lappc'iiou to be a young man in the rating room who ran to her rescue, Inly to see the nesrro's back and nve fruitless chase. - - . Firpd Fi-rp Shots. llfaviii'-oi" ihis second nttpmnt. the iu n:ra uf the town decided to Ji;ml the office at night, whieh they J( regularly, taking turns, until Sat- I'tlay night, the two men assigned I this duty were sitting iir front of jiie drug store awaiting lor the stores close so they could take their po- litioii, when at 11 "o'clock thev i ar.l a pistol shot, followed, by , four p'ie in quick succession. These two, f'ltli the cmet oi police, ran to tire Ifin-p. when 1 lie v found the young la- jy with the pistol in her hand. She fold them she started out into the pack lot and some one started toward jier. ihen she' jumped back into the Pl'liee, grabbed the pistol and fired ?"'. Uy the aid of that fire she eould plainly see some one crouched In the corner. TTtPn slip nimprl at tiiin and hred the other four shots as pe went out the door and thought she pit him with the r Inst. nnp. the doctor's 'examination showed hat the ball went through his left f 'in and into his body between the nrd and .fourth ribs.. The bullet pis probed for, but-could not be lo- bated. The'-wound was bleeding and pe was breathing . thrOngft the hole. J lie doctor ;savs he will nor-live, but fightoeu hours later he" isStitr' living pnd is conscious. Three of , this ne- fero's associates were arrested and eld in the lockup. At 4 o'clock Sunday they were all iven a preliminary hearing before f magistrate, resulting in two of them wing released and two held. - At the rial the wounded negro, realizing his fond it ion, said he was "ready, to, make f statement, whieh he. did in the form jfd'an affidavit as follows: Wounded Negro's Confession. "North Carolina, Johnston coun ty : Bud Richardson, being sworn, pays: Jim Merntt and I went into pzny's office Saturday night, June Pth for the purpose of committing Ira ivticco,, 11 i t:,c t:- Hunt, who wr.ro rihi- orator fnr pe company. I golt shot and Jim ization bill was Pass?d imder suspen hold mo t,o wi u0.u w s.:cri of the rules, the Speaker and 're for the same purpose, but could t succeed by himself. No one else was with ns (Siolied era Cruz to Have $6,000,000 RaU- way Terminals. , Mexico City, Special.-Wofk will "o'1L w" new lauiuuu Lei- pnaals at Vera Cruz, which .will be phe finest terminals in the country JUKI lMk-p trflncfor vP rwi v . . j. uvuo-auu ijao- augers between steamers and 'rail ways easy and economical. The cost J'f the terminals is estimated at $G 00,0007 gold. A large custom house will be built on the railway pier with 'lacks connecting with the railway LVUU. Ihe new tPTminnlo will ha ed by four railways. v WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING What is Being Done Day by Day By the National House and Senate. Danger to Quarantine Bill. There is decided danger that the quarantine bill intended to give Fed eral aid in yellow fever- quarantines, which has passed the Senate House, will fail because of a deadlock among the conteres'on the seventh section of the bill providing that inter-State traffic may be carried on without in terruption through a state under yel Ioav fever quarantine, under certain regulations; that is, that through trains may make' their regular runs wout taking oji, or letting off pas sengers or freight within the quaran ii neu state. - ..J A A Report on Packers Matter. llie House Committee on Agncul- , I : .v , quest of the Chicasro Backers to be , yr-h t 13. ju me iicui-iicuuius report regarding the conditions in the Ghi- ago packing houses. The request was made by Mr. E. Wilson, who said he was an employee of the Nel son Morris Company, but in this in stance Mas authorized to speak for all the Chicago packers. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, Dr. A. D. Mel vin of the Department, and Mr. Neil I were present at the hearing. . Mr. Wilson made a general denial of the existence of the conditions in packing houses as set forth in the Neill-Reynolds report. Some of the suggestions made in the report he said, had already been complied with by the packers." such as additional sanitary facilities. An to the charge that canned meats were boiled in water to "freshen them up. " Mr. Wilson- said there was ab solutely nothing in this. What the cans were put in hot water were to soak off the old labels, which he said, was an injury to the appearance of the goods on sale. He denied absolutely that there were any deceased cattle or hogs butchered for food. Mr. Wilson de scribed in detail the operation of pre paring canned meats and when asked by Representative Scott of Kansas, a member of the committee, "How about the rope and other foreign mat ter found with scraps on the floor. Mr. Wilson explained that what was probably seen in this instance was the string on the knuckle and what had been dried beef. This string was used with which to hang the beef in a smoke house, and when the beef had been sliced off, this, knuckle end was left,. There was a bone in it. The bone would smash the machine if an attempt was made to use it. Flooded With Petitions. As Senator Tillman suggested there was "A streak of 'yellow" in the Senate due to the fact that practically every desk m the chamber was cover ed with telegrams of protest against the Anti-Pass provision in the Rail road Rate Bill as reported by the Conference Committee. They were all from railroad men and in each case consisted of pro tests against cutting off the privilege of riding free. In addition there was a formal statement on behalf of engineers, firemen, conductors and trainmen say mg that they represented 230,000 ranway employees. Bill to Be Sent Back. The discussion of the Railroad Rate Bill conference report in the Senate showed that the bill would be sent back to the conference. The confer ence announced that they expected that result. Busy Day in the House. Against the days when the House of Representatives was in throes of a filibuster- or "putting off until to morrow what it might have done the day before," must be set the work accomplished in the lower branch of the national Legislature In many particulars Tuesday was a t.ii -l il. TT 1. "mjrm iue.i Wvu in tne genera character oi ine legislation enacted, vvnac nia. lair to cause endless trouble, the natural te gentleman in charge oi me dui, Mr- yf pi yoioraao, aoing iieain worK oi a superior kiiiu. The House refused to pass a bill island of Batan in the Philippine jiroup, although it was stated that I . . , -. 1 Al- - such le WTd aecrease . coal .very considerably. For two hours the House worked I under suspension of the rules and l thpiK with tne lime sec apart iui i 7 : : these measures exhausted, and peace spreading its wings over the mem bow, the rest cf the day, until ad journment, war, taken, up with the passage c bills by unanimous con sent, a form of legislation only pos sible when there are no breakers in sight- PACKERS E LOST 20,000,000 III TRADE 60 Per Cent - of Empoyer Laid Off in Some Plants. i MAKING COSTLY IMPROVEMENTS Beef Trust Busy Cleaning Slaughter Houses and Canning Rooms--Criticised For Employing Low Grade Labor. Chicago. There has been in the last few days a falling off of about one third in the business of some depart ments at the stock yards, especially in the canned goods departments and in the sale of questionable meat. This falling off has resulted in the loss of millions of dollars some men in close touch with affairs at the yards say the trade has fallen off $20,000,000 within ten days. This loss has fallen most heavily upon the small packing and slaughtering houses in the neigh borhood of the yards, where the poorer grades of meat are handled. There also has been a large loss in Fulton Market and in South Water street. Building inspectors said that in some of the plants sixty per cent, of the em ployes had been laid off. The trade in lumpy jaw cattle is practically at a standstill, and those who have been watching the receipts of such cattle at the I stock yards say that not more than h dozen animals have been received here during the week. Building Commissioner Bartzen an nounced that he would order the pack ers and the Union Stock Yards and Transit Company to make improve ments, the estimated cost of which will be $1,000,000. His notices will demand that the packers let contracts for the improvements within five days. Sanitary Inspector Hedrick declares that the packers are showing every in clination to meet his suggestions and clean up. The employes in the meat cutting room of Nelson Morris & Co. are to have clean aprons every day, as a result of one of these suggestions. It is estimated by a representative of the packers that nearly 1000 visitors it day go through the plants at the stock yards. Among them a few days ago was Robert H. Cowdrey, who was can didate for President of the United States on the Single Tax ticket in 1SSS. He arraigned the packers for bringing foreigners of a low order of intelligence into the country. "What do these fellows know about keeping themselves clean?" he asked. "Mauy of them never saw a towel be fore." A story was related to the effect that when cuspidors were provided in the packing houses the laborers shined them up and put them on a shelf for use as drinking c!Tt)s. Rumors to the ;iTect that new stock yards, with Sir Tiiomas Lipton, of Lou don, as chief backer, are to be estab lished near Gary, nd., adjacent to the property of the United States Steel Corporation, were in circulation. Sev eral of the best known real estate men in Chicago were named as among those acquiring land for the purpose. The report is that at least six of the smaller plants are to be removed from Chicago to Indiana. It is said that the plans include the digging of a canal to the Little Calumet River for the pur pose of carrying off disinfected and deodorized refuse. The story is not generally credited. 42.G21 YET IN RELIEF CAMPS. Rations on June 1 Were Supplied to 41,230 Persons in 'Frisco. San Francisco. For the information of President E. H. Harriman, of the Southern Pacific, a census has been taken of all the persons still in . the refugee camps of this city. It shows that on June 1 13,0SS persons were in the permanent camps and 29,533 in the temporary ones. It also shows that on June 1 rations were supplied 41 .230 persons and free mea! tickets given 9159 persons. . The report cites that there are 228S persons in the Oakland and Alameda permanent camps, and that on May 31 rations were issued to 10,244 persons in Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley. In Los Angeles there are 600 San Fran cisco refugees, in Sacramento 120', in Vallejo 313 and in Stockton thirty-six. SUICIDE CAN'T STOP BENEFITS. Court Orders Maccabees to Pay Widow of Self-Slain 1- .n. Albany, N. Y. The Court of Appeals affirmed -with costs a judgmen: of $2, 262:13 in favor of Anna T. Fargo, of Wyoming County, against the Supreme Tent of the Knights of the Maccabees of the World. The plaintiff's husbanc.. v- ho held a policy in the organization, committed suicide, and despite the fact that, the by-laws say no benefits shall be paid to the survivors of a member who kills himself, whether sane or insane, the lower courts awarded the plaintiff a verdict and' the highest court in the State ras sustained them. GUATEMALA REBEL VICTORIES. Government Troops Twice Beaten . Insurgents Reinforced. , City of Mexico. General Toledo, in command of the revolutionary troops in Southern Guatemala, has won two engagements. The Government forces have been driven back. General Toledo is receiving heavy RAY CLOUDBURSTS CAUSE RUIN Damage Mills, Homes and Crops in Conemaugh Valley. Killed in Vain Effort to Save Her Baby--Hurls Child From Track '-Crushed by Engine. Johnstown, Fa. Thunder showers, electric storms and heavy downpours of rain, that had prevailed throughout Western Pennsylvania 'during the en tire week culminated in cloudbursts in Cambria, AVestmoreland, Somerset and Butler counties that caused the rivers and creeks to overflow, flooding the streets in many communities and dis seminating a general flood scare. Early reports indicated that the damage would be great. Probably $50,000 will cover all losses sustained in the sec tions affected. The greatest damage was in Hoov ersville, Somerset County, eighteen miles from this city. Here a veritable cloudburst caused Stony Creek to rise seven feet in an hour and a half. The waters reached the first floor of many dwellings, and all the factories in the low lying section of the town were obliged to suspend operations. Cellars were flooded and a number of streets -were under water for a time, but no casualties are known to have resulted. The Hooversville schoolhouse was washed away from its foundation. Island Park, a summer resort, was destroyed by the waters, but as the flood came at an hour when there were no pleasure seekers, the loss is confined to the property of the park manage ment. The entire loss in this section is estimated at $25,000. The Conemaugh River, made famous in the history of the Johnstown flood of 18S9, swollen by the outpouring from the Stony Creek section, began to rise rapidly and caused somewhat of a scare in this city. The streets along the river bank were soon inundated and mills and factories were obliged to suspend. Heroine of an instant's tragedy, Mrs. Annie Roblitzki made a marvelous ef fort to save her child from death, but although she prevented the infant from being crushed under an engine that ground her to pieces, the. little one was Jdlied ,by:the force with which she flung it from her, and its body a mo ment after was engulfed iu flood-swollen Stony Creek. The woman was close to the middle of the famous stone bridge over that1 stream, watching wreckage from a flood that did much damage in Hoov ersville. Butler. Latrobe, Baggaley and other places, when a Pennsylvania fly er thundered over the structure.- Hus band and friends called to her to flee, but the roar of the rushing waters evi dently drowned their voices as well as the noise of the approaching (rain, and the vibration of the track must have been her first warning. She faced the express only in time to see she hadn't a chance to escape. One cry broke from her. Then, raising her baby, six months old. high above her head, she hurled it from her. Her scream was swallowed in a shrill blast of the whistle as tire engine cut her down. Tvoblitzki tried to dash toward the spot, where he, too, surely wonld have met death, but friends restrained hiin. At Latrobe, Westmoreland County, the streets were flooded and merchants were obliged to remove their stocks. Baggaley, a mining village in a gully near Nine-Mile Run, was for a time in a perilous position. So rapidly did the water rise that many people were tak en from their houses on rafts. REBELS DEFEATED. Invaders From Salvador Routed by Guatemalan Troops. Washington, D. C The Guatemalan Minister here received a cablegram from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Barrios, stating that the revolu tionary movement across the Salvador boundary had met with utter defeat. According to the cablegram the Guat emalan troops met the revolutionary party as Asuncion Mita and defeated them completely. The Government forces, the cable gram says, have been triumphant all along the line and have not met' the slightest reverses anywhere. PRESIDENT STOPS WRITING. No More Magazine Articles Until He Leaves the White House. Kansas City, Mo. The Trident, a publication for Kansas City High School pupils, has obtained an an nouncement from the White House that the President ''hereafter will not write for publication during his incum bency of his present office, except on matters or pumic Dusiness aim. m u official -way. The statement is made in a letter from Secretary Loeb in reply to a re quest for a contribution from Mr. Roosevelt. MILITIA IN GOVERNOR'S HOUSE. Ignore Protest of Commander-in-Chief and Catch a Shirker.? , Jackson, Miss. The Governor's man sion brilliantly illuminated in honor of a reception tendered by Miss Tarda man to her guests, was invaded by the provost guard of the State militia in search of a young man who was evad ing drill duty. The truant was found hiding upstairs and dragged down the stairway and through the hali, causing consternation among the guests. Governoi and Mrs. Vardaman both protested against the search, but to no avail. , . PUTS MAN'S VALUE IHTO COLD CASH Determination in Dollars of Brain and Brawn's Economic Worth. HAVE YOURSELF APPRAISED Forty Years th Limit--Dr. Erastus Holt Declares Professional Man's Value at That Age is $29,344.-68--Septuagenarians, $17.13. Boston, Mass.-Reaffirming the the ory of Dr. Osier regarding man's value according to his age, Dr. Erastus Holt, of Portland, Me., at the ophthalmology session of the American Medical Asso ciation, In an elaborate paper on "Phy sical Economics," contended that the economic value of a laboring man de creases after his twenty-fifth year and that the value of a professional man wanes after the fortieth year. Dr. Holt presented elaborate tables show ing that a man's value in money can actually be determined by taking into consideration his occupation and age.- Dr. Holt is an authority on the topic, having worked out a theory which changed the methods used in the Pen sion Bureau for determiningthe amount of a man's pension according to his disability. He was i an accident one time himself, and says that he had nothing to do but think for six months, and that he worked on this theory dur ing all of that time, and has amplified it a great deal since. In his table showing the value of in dividuals of the American 'laboring class he states that at ten years of age, on a 3V per cent, discount basis, a boy is worth $20G1.02; at fifteen years of age he is worth $4263.66; at twenty-five he is worth $5488.03, and from that time on his value decreases, until at seventy he is worth but $17.13, and at eighty years of age ne is a drawback on the community to the extent of $872.84. 1 The professional man at twenty-five years of age has an economic value of $25,S98.94, and his highest value is at forty years oi age, when he is worth. $29,344.68. Dr. Holt says that all damages to a person through accident should be as sessed by a Jury in a systematic man ner, and not in haphazard way, as it is done at present. The tables which he has used in determining the value of a man are taken from those of the fa mous Dr. Farr. but he has amplified these tables in such a way that he can determine the percentage of loss due to a specific accident, such as the loss of an eye, a leg or an arm, or any diminu tion of the person's value short of total disability. He advocates the plan of having every man and woman procure for himself or herself an economic rat ing, which he explains as follows: - ''There is nothing of more impor tance to ee instituted in the science and practice of medicine than the care fully made records of physical and la boratory examinations of every person. They should be instituted when the child enters school and be repeated at stated times during the whole period of school life. A new school officer would be necessary, who would ana lyze a child, detect all abnormalities and aid in correcting them during school life, and thus have the body improved with the mind. From these records data could be obtained which would give the rating of the child, ta"k- iuc into consideration his functional ability, on which his technical ability so largely depends. With this work carried eut during school life it would soon demonstrate its own importance by making these records of the highest value in the training of the mind and body, the promotion of health, the pre vention of disease and the advance ment of the race." REPUBLICAN TICKET NAMED. Ex-Mayor Stuart For .Governor of Pennsylvania Indorsed by Roosevelt. Harrisburg, Pa. The Republican State Convention nominated the fol lowing ticket: Governor Edwin S. Stuart, of Phil adelphia. . Lieutenant-Governor Robert S. Mur phy, of Cambria County. Auditor-General Robert K. Young of Tioga County. , , Secretary of Internal Affairs Henry Houck, of Lebanon. 1 The platform commends the Na tional and State administrations, advo cates legislation giving to trolley com panies the right to carry freight, advo cates a two-cent passenger rate on steam railroads, and deals at great length on other State issues. , The President was commended for his aggressive action in regrrd to com mon carriers who violate the law, and the pending .egislation designed to re form packing-house abuses was urged upon Congress. The ticket represents all factions of the party and will, ,the party leaders say, harmonize all past differences. President tRoosevelt is said to have advised the selection of such a ticket. Typos Re-elect Lynch. The result of the election of officers of the International Typographical Union was announced at Indianapolis, Ind. James Lynch was re-elected President.; - Earthquake Fund Dwindles. Ex-Mayor Phelan, of San Francisco, sent a message to Hermann Oeirichs, of New York, to the effect that the total cash received for relief is less than $5,000,000. ' - PEIillSYLVAIilA ROAD'S CHIEF CLERK TOOK GRAFT Joseph Boyer Kept All of the Money For Himself. SUM OF $57,000 FROM MINERS Others Began the Practice ani Boyer -- Says He , Continued It Because He Thought It Was Customary..- ' Philadelphia, Pa. That he accepted gifts of stock amounting to $11,000 anot money aggregating more than $46,000 from coal mining companies during si period of three yearar was admitted bjr Joseph Boyer, chief clerk. in -the officer of A. W. Gibbs, superintendent of mo tive power of the Pennsylvania Rail road. Mr. Boyer purchases the fuel coal used in the locomotives of the company, and the donors of the glfta wrere the coal companies which furnish the fuel to the railroad. Mr. Boyer named five companies which allowed him from three to. five cents on each ton sold to the railroad company. He said he never asked for the allowance, but accepted it because he believed ho was following a custom of the depart ment. ' A. W. Gibbs, Mr. Boyer's superior prficer, on the stand said he. was un aware that such conditions existed la his department. ,; '---: Mr. Boyer said he was at first disin clined to accept the money, but after thinking it over decided that he was doing nothing unusual. "How long did you wrestle with your conscience?" queried Commissioner Clement. The witness did not know. Mr. Boyer said he had 200 shares of stock in the Jamison Coal Company, , given to him for his one-third interest in the MacLaren Coal Company. The MacLaren stock was given to him by Mr. Jamison. He also had ten shares in the 'Valley Coal Company and fifteen in the Edri Coal Company, which were presented to him by Captain Alfred Hicks. Ten shares of Preston Coal Company stock were sent to him in an envelope. He was not certain who sent it, but thought it might iiayeCQme ; from Joseph Aiken, a railroad man, or A H. A. Kuhn, an operator. AH of these stocks paid dividends. Mr. Boyer said also that he holds an interest amount ing to $8000 in undeveloped coal lands . on the West Penn division. He paid for this stock. . Mr. Boyer's stock holdings were only a small portion of the gifts he, admitted receiving from coal mining" companies. In his capacity as purchaser of fuel coal he testified that he had received from five companies an allowanceof from three to five cents a ton on coal . used by the railroad for fuel pur poses.. From the latter part of 1003 ; to date he had received a total of more ' , than $46,000. The money had been , first sent to him in cash, but later cashiers checks had been sent to Cashier Hastings of the Second Na tional Bank of Altoona and placed on deposit for Boyer. He was asked why he discriminated in favor of Blythe & Co. He replied , that he did not discriminate, as the money came to him without solicita tion or any effort on his part. He be-' lieved that the money had been paid in the same manner to his predecessors in office, and believed that he was only . following the custom of the depart ment, i The companies which made him the allowance were the Graff Coal Com pany, the Clearfield and Granton Coal Company, the Dunkirk Coal company, Boyer, Smith & Turner and Thoma Blythe & Co. The Graff Coal Com pany allowed him five cents a ton and the Clearfield and Granton Com-, pany gave him a share in the profits wnieh .amounted to not. less. than fourOi cents a ton. Blythe & Co. gave him three cents a ton. - "What did you do with the money ?" asked Attorney Glasgow. ' "I kept it all." "Did you not share it with others in the employ of the railroad?'.' ?4No, sir; I kept it all." "How do you account for getting it?" "I imagine somebody had been get ting it before me." Roughly estimated the money re ceived by Mr. Boyer from the com panies mentioned was as follows: Graff Coal Company, $15,000; Clear field and Granton Co.. $9000; Dunkirk' Company, $1850; Smith & Turner, $18, 520; Thomas Blythe, $2000; . SLAIN TO SEAL HER LIPS. ' ,-. V-"- - "' ' iWmanv Who Knew of Arkansas Bood ' ling Murdered in Hotel.; Little Rockl Ark. Mrs. Charlotte B. Leethem, proprietor of the Drummers Hotel, who is said to have more inside . information concerning the Doodling operations of Arkarsas legislators than any other outsider, was found mur dered in her room. The nody was lacerated with deep knife or;. razor wounds. - A man's coat and hat, the latter slashed and-both covered. with blood, were, found. A negro porter says, a prominent State ollieial lsft her room at midnight. The hotel was the headquarters of the alleged boodlers. Indictments against' several of them were revived last week.. The murdered woman' would have been summoned, as a witness la thpse cases. , Decrease in Horse Supply, A well known buyer says norses are on the decrease in Montana and" other Western State. , T- t 'i
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